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Josef Valchar to EU – Save Stage Lighting Now!
Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe Lighting s.r.o is petitioning the Czech government and Czech Euro MPs to request that they exempt all stage lighting equipment (EN 60598-2-17, IEC 60598-2-17:2017) from proposed legislation that will prohibit its manufacture and sale immediately across Europe in 2020. “I cannot stress the importance of this enough.” stated Josef. “Every…
Read MoreMeyer Sound’s Australian Charm Offensive
FEATURES Meyer Sound’s Australian Charm Offensive By Jason Allen. With a new distributor in place, a major new product to show off, and a decent sale to brag about, Meyer Sound staff, including founders Helen and John Meyer, descended on Sydney en-masse in late March with a two-day system optimisation seminar followed by a product…
Read MoreTrack The Light Fantastic: Radio Tracking on La Boheme
FEATURE Track The Light Fantastic: Radio Tracking on La Boheme By Jason Allen. Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour is always breathtaking, and it takes an army of technicians to handle the complex lighting, sound, and effects infrastructure it needs. In a trial of a new system for OA, this year they employed a…
Read MoreAll aboard! Sennheiser supplies wireless Digital 6000 microphones to Eurovision Song Contest
Sydney/Lisbon, 24 April, 2018 – As a technical supplier to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, audio specialist Sennheiser has supplied Digital 6000 wireless microphones and 2000 series wireless monitors to the world’s largest live music event, hosted by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). With rehearsals ongoing since 22 April, the equipment is…
Read MoreEskimo Joe
ROADSKILLS Eskimo Joe By Cat Strom Photos: Peter Rubie Eskimo Joe are the latest act to team up with an orchestra. Before relocating to Sydney, lighting designer Peter Rubie worked for many years in Perth across different production companies and venues. One of the venues was Perth Concert Hall where he eventually became Head of…
Read More1330 Reasons for DiGiCo
CHURCH@1330 – MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Church @ 1330 in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia is a vibrant, growing church with a multipurpose centre that is also utilised by the surrounding community for varied functions and events. 1330 Associate Pastor Trent Young approached Forefront for assistance in choosing an audio console upgrade solution that would suit…
Read MoreWin An All-Expenses-Paid Job at RØDE HQ in Sydney!
RØDE Microphones, the proudly Australian-made pro audio giant, launched the 5th year of My RØDE Reel – the world’s largest short film competition – on April 1st. In 2018, RØDE has upped the ante. First, the competition this year offers the world’s largest short film prize pool – $1 MILLION – and more film categories…
Read MoreARX Systems debut ‘Network DI’ Dante™ enabled interface at Prolight + Sound Guangzhou
ARX Systems will debut their new ‘Network DI’ Dante™ enabled Network Input Interface to the Asian market at the upcoming Prolight & Sound Exhibition that will take place in Guangzhou, China on 10th-13th May 2018. ST Audio Technology, the distributor for ARX products in Hong Kong and China, will showcase the new interface on their…
Read MorePro Light & Sound 2018 – Frankfurt still delivers
By Julius Grafton. While PL&S was once the eighth wonder of the trade-show world, it still packs a punch for hordes of tech-heads from everywhere. Including Australia and New Zealand, since I kept running into people I wanted to talk to, and some I did not. Strangely the hall managers don’t care if you hang…
Read MoreNew truck laws affect us all: COC
By Julius Grafton. Roderick Van Gelder’s AESRG website reports that new laws will shorty come into effect. In mid-2018, the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) will be amended to provide that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain has a duty to ensure the safety of their transport activities – Chain of Responsibility…
Read MoreRME presents Digiface AVB at Musikmesse 2018
RME presents its new Digiface AVB: the mobile audio interface is based on the AVB standard (Audio Video Bridging) and enables the transmission of up to 256 network audio channels between a Windows computer and other AVB devices within an audio Gigabit network via a single USB 3.0 cable. The future of audio networks With…
Read MoreHills wins three new vendors to strengthen AV portfolio
Hills Limited (ASX: HIL) announced today it has broadened its AV product offering and strengthened its position as a complete solution provider for the professional AV market by signing distribution agreements with three new vendors for supply of their products exclusively across Australia and New Zealand: • XTA Electronics Ltd and MC2 Audio (XTA and…
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